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A Civic Biology The Original 1914 Edition at the Heart of the "Scope's Monkey Trial"

George W Hunter

About a hundred years ago, it was generally agreed that evolution and Darwinism logically entailed eliminating weak humans from the gene pool, either outright by killing them, or by sterilization or segregation. This view was so common, it was in the actual science text books which were placed in hi...

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American History Tellers

This textbook was introduced by the prosecution, which contained passages explaining evolution through natural selection, and it was the text John Scopes was accused of using to teach evolution.

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He began by introducing the textbook Hunter's Civic Biology and reading out passages that explained how humans evolved from earlier life forms through natural selection.

— Episode: Evolution on Trial | Monkeytown | 2

Episode: Evolution on Trial | Monkeytown | 2

This textbook was introduced by the prosecution, which contained passages explaining evolution through natural selection, and it was the text John Scopes was accused of using to teach evolution.

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He began by introducing the textbook Hunter's Civic Biology and reading out passages that explained how humans evolved from earlier life forms through natural selection.

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